#FFAE65#FFAE65

#FFAE65 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.130 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE65
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 101)
HSL	hsl(28, 100%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(28, 60%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 60.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, 22.57, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 53.84, 65.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% 0.0625 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.13 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.7288, 52.4766, 19.3453)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE65 #65B6FF

analogous

#FF6569 #FFAE65 #FFFB65

triadic

#FFAE65 #65FFAE #AE65FF

tetradic

#FFAE65 #69FF65 #65B6FF #FB65FF

square

#FFAE65 #69FF65 #65B6FF #FB65FF

split-complementary

#FFAE65 #65FFFB #6569FF

monochromatic

#EA6F00 #FF8E28 #FFAE65 #FFCEA2 #FFEEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#FFAE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#FFAE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE65

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE65	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B55E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.130 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc693',
    500: '#ffae65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae65;
$custom-light: #ffc693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.442,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81495,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE65

secondary

#2E89DA

accent

#79E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE65

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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